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Perhaps you may say the fiah arc too Bmall, and not worth all 

 this trouble. So be it. In such case let them alone, and don'1 

 fish for them at all But it' you will tish for any of these smaller 

 fish just for a change, you maj as well catch them while you are 

 about it. Tins I tel] you, therefore, you will not do unless you con- 

 descend to take the pains ti> lisli for a Barn" as carefullj as for a 

 trout If you are a good fisherman all tins painstaking will come 



t<> y.m naturally, as a matter of C0UT86, and be no pains. 



Flies draw, and mat, and get moth oaten, quickly in India, and 

 should consequently !»■ got from England in small quantities Erom 

 time to time. They are light, and can easily travel in a letter. 

 Do not buy any that have been kept some time in store in a 

 shop in this country. Hut if you tie your own Hies, s, , much the 



hotter. 



It is decidedly a point to put on your drop Hies neatly, so that 

 there shall he no large knot to make a ripple in the water. Some 

 put on the drop by a loop, but this is a clumsy, bungling way, that 

 shows ;i great deal too much for a wary fish. .Some tie their collar 

 with two knots slipping together, so as to he able to pull them 

 asunder and insert the drop, after having tied a knot at the end 

 of it, and then pull the collar together. But I do not like this 

 plan, not only because all collars are not made up so as to allow 

 of its being done, hut also because the pulling asunder of tight 

 knots soon frays the gut, and weakens the collar at those points. 

 Better than these knots is the one recommended by Francis 

 Francis. Tie a simple knot at the end of your drop, and then 

 with the drop out tie a simple knot round the out of the collar, 

 and let it slip down the collar till just over a knot or join in it, 

 and then pull tight This is very neat and strong and simple, and 

 I ; fess 1 generally use it on a fresh collar. Hut it is not quite 

 without an objection. As you must always tie your drop over a 

 knot you must always tie it just over a join in the line, or you 

 must make a knot in your collar on purpose for it, and practically 

 it ends in this, that you almost always tie on your drop over the 

 same knot, and if you change often, you fray that spot in the collar 

 ami weaken it. I would therefore suggest the knot shown in 

 Figure 4, Flat' XXV. Wherever in your collar you wish to place 

 your drop fly, tie, in the collar, the knot there shown, being careful 

 only that F. is the end near the rod; A. the end near the tail fly. 



